John, independents. Strategists on both sides says this will be a base election, turning your base out. Independents cannot be ignored. Take a look at this. Her bounce with independents, 28 before the Democratic Convention, 37 after the Democratic Convention. That bounce is even bigger among independents than it was overall for Hillary Clinton. She is now besting donald trump by four points, 37 to 33 among independents. Then of course theres the issue of party unity. This was one of the major goals of the Democratic Convention. And it seems to be a successful part of the convention for Hillary Clinton. Take a look. Democrats say 44 of them say theyre united. 40 say theyre divided but will unit come november. Only 14 say they are divided and will not unit by november. You remember Bernie Sanders going to the Convention Floor helping deliver the nomination to Hillary Clinton. This is a different story among republicans. Take a look. Not as successful in the unification effort. 20 , only
Good to be with you. Live from cnn World Headquarters in atlanta, cnn newsroom starts right now. Just from the graphic it looks exciting. The rio olympics four days away. The excitement continues to build. But also the questions are building as well. There are concerns over the readiness of the infrastructure. Even Health Concerns for the athletes and spectators that threaten to spoil a smooth start. Thats not even counting what else is happening in the streets of rio. On sunday brazilians demonstrated against suspended president dilma rousseff. They want her out for good. Thats all adding to a flurry of existing issues that brazil is hoping to put its problems aside to host a successful olympics. Our Christina Mcfarland joins us live from leo. We see the beach of copa cabana behind you there as the countdown continues, four days to go, so many challenges for the coast nation. What is the mood there and whats being said about all these problems and challenges and whether these games wi
The United States and around the world. Im George Howell. Cnn newsroom starts right now. The music just gets you excited. The rio olympics. The games have begun. Summer games officially under way. There was the parade of nations. Every time you would expect the worlds best athletes proudly marched together in the Opening Statement at Rios Maracana stadium. Former olympian bronze medalist took that honor. You see the image there. Beautiful moment there. The theme of the ceremony was rebirth and regeneration, perhaps fitting you could say, given problems brazil has faced leading up to these days. A different scene before the games began, rye on on the Police Used Tear Gas against protest tphers rio. So much to talk about with this Opening Ceremony. Shasta darlington live with the latest in rio. Shasta, good day to you. Reporter good morning, george. It was a spectacle that was done on the 10th of the budget, raising hopes that rio can finally turn the page on what was a troubled leadup.
State of connecticut, to launch a new investigation into the origins of the russia investigation, which is on top of the utah u. S. Attorney, who has been looking into this vaguely. He was appointed by jeff sessions. And a doj Inspector General investigation by michael horowitz, which should be completed soon. Three is the charm here . Well, bill barr kind of has to do this. I mean, one of the whole points of having bill barr in this role as opposed to jeff sessions, who the president grew to almost december pi decemb despise by the end of his ten e tenure, is having the confidence of the president. He has to take this step and put his own spin on it. That being said, it seems he has appointed someone who has the experience in doing this under both democratic and republican administrations. This is, in some ways, a durham specialty. I think that there is the sense here that barr chose someone who has specific experience in looking into this specific type of thing. But theres no questio
Dishonesty or their profound cruelty nor did they accept defeat. They never do accept defeat. Why . Because when politics is your religion, acknowledging reality looks like sin and so it continues. Over the weekend the New York Times revived the attacks on Brett Kavanaugh. The newspaper ran a story excerpt from a book written by two of its reporters that claimed that while in college more than 30 years ago, kavanaugh exposed himself in effect to another student while drunk at a party. It was the flimsiest kind of charge. Where did it come from . It came second hand from a single classmate of kavanaughs, a man who worked as a left wing activist, later worked for the clintons, in fact. 20 years ago, no Credible News Organization would have run a story like that on the basis of that sourcing. The times didnt hesitate and it was picked up everywhere. Of course instantly and nbcs cable channel for example they immediately denounced Brett Kavanaugh as a gang rapist. I have never heard of a g